With the release of “Secret Path,” the front man of Canada’s favorite band confronts the nation’s past.
Social Justice
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Over 2,000 young Catholic leaders met over the weekend to advance social justice causes.
“All of us, every human on earth, is a representative figure of God,” Lisa Sharon Harper said to a ballroom full of young social justice advocates. “Not on our watch will the image of God be so fervently crushed. Not on our watch.” Our shared humanity was a theme running throughout the three keynote speeches […]
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How Catholic advocates view the new White House
Catholic advocates say their work will cover issues of religious liberty, human dignity and climate change.
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The church has never taught that justice is inevitable.
If human progress itself is God’s agent of change, why does God, or humanity, need a church?
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Core values toward the common good can help restore a sense of U.S. unity
Ten “core values” which Americans can agree on may get the nation back together.
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Pope Francis calls Christians to open their eye to world’s ‘forgotten and excluded’
“We cannot go about our business quietly at home while Lazarus lies at the door,” Pope Francis said.
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Donald Trump, the Temple and the End Time
It is helpful and healthy to put aside the myth of sure and sunny progress. Our nation is a very good one, even if it’s never been the “greatest nation on earth.”
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Father James Martin: Reconciliation and Dissent in the Age of Trump
How does a Catholic move ahead after the election of Donald J. Trump as president?For many Catholics this not a problem. Indeed, the majority of Catholics voted for Mr. Trump and are presumably delighted by his victory. White Catholics, perhaps responding to his message to promote job growth, s
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Pope on Trump: ‘I don’t pass judgment on persons or politicians.’
La Repubblica also quotes Francis as saying, “We must knock down the walls that divide.”
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This election shows us why we need to meet our neighbors: that’s how we begin to love them.
If we are not yet exercising a preferential option for those made vulnerable by a Trump presidency, we must absolutely do so now.